Just Do It: Anishinaabe Culture-Based Education ...

• Published in: Performance Matters
• Main Author: Bell, Nicole
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Journal of Native Education 2021
• Subjects: anishina*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v36i1.196553; https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196553

In an attempt to meet the educational needs of Anishinaabe children and youth, inno­vative education must be created to specifically reflect Anishinaabe culture and An­ishinaabe community realities. The Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Cultural Healing andLearning Program was one of the very few off-reserve, culture-based educational spacescreated for Anishinaabe children and youth in Canada.This paper presents the project of visioning, designing, implementing, and eval­uating the Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Cultural Healing and Learning Program, lo­cated in Burleigh Falls, Ontario. An Anishinaabe medicine wheel construct is usedthroughout the study. A medicine wheel framework is employed in the design and im­plementation of the program. Additionally, the medicine wheel is used as a theoreticalframework and methodology in the evaluation of the program. Methods used in theprogram evaluation consisted of sharing circles zoith students, parents, and Elders,followed by review circles to review the summaries and findings of ... : Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 36 No. 1 (2013) ...